Ceramic Sgraffito Decoration

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Ceramic sgraffito decoration.

While there are many decorating techniques in pottery sgraffito is one of the most popular ones. The whole process of molding the clay into a beautiful shape is pretty cool. Sgraffito decoration patricia griffin june 15 2020 add comment a freshly made form ready to decorate etch and carve is an invitation to play. But what is more amazing is giving this molded clay the end look which is simply breathtaking.

Texture mats molds paddles sgraffito tools slip trailers faceting tools texture tools. See more ideas about pottery ceramic pottery pottery techniques. As well as specific ceramics tools potters can mould and fire their own clay stamps for future use on pots or use found objects such as string rope leaves feathers and shells to shape the pot surfaces and. Apr 15 2020 explore rosecrafter s board sgraffito on pinterest.

No matter what effect you re after it is super fun to carve into an underglazed or slipped pot. Pottery is an art that leaves everyone in awe. Part of the allure of decorating by impression is the enormous variety of objects at their disposal from which designs can be created. Sep 20 2020 decorating ideas and techniques.

Whether you want to play with colors or want to do some carving these. Texture mats molds. Sgraffito in italian to scratch is a decorating pottery technique produced by applying layers of color or colors underglazes or colored slips to leather hard pottery and then scratching off parts of the layer s to create contrasting images patterns and texture and reveal the clay color underneath. Although fritware was traditionally made using a white clay body we opted for a red body that when combined with white slip resist and sgraffito would result in a rich multi layered surface while designing our surface patterns we were thinking about how slip resist could be used to suggest layers in an illustrated narrative.

Sgraffito can be an impactful dramatic way of decorating pots like in kathy king s shown here or a more subtle way to add color or definition to a design see kristen pavelka s plate below.